This is an album
cover from the band bring me the horizon. The album cover is eerily stylised
which fits with our genre.
Denotation:
A female is in the
center of the album cover grasping what appears to be her own intestines. Her
face expresses no emotion or pain, which gives the cover a paranormal as you
would expect her to be in pain. The reverse side of the cover has a close up
image of the female’s hands and waist, which are drenched in blood implying a
wound. The track listing and barcode covers up much of the detail of the wound.
In comparison, the typography on the front cover is transparent which does not
take attention away from the detail and gore of the female.
Connotation:
The theme of horror
is clearly established by the gore and surreal lack of emotion portrayed by the
female. This connotes that the music or any music videos may be less mainstream
due to the violent theme suggested. The contrasts of black, white and red
connotes that the scene is synthetic rather than natural. The emotionless
expression on her face connotes that she is disconnected from the world and may
be supernatural due to the fact that a human should be in intense pain. The
close up of the blood drenched hands symbolizes the horror that we wanted to
incorporate in both our single cover and our movie. The track listing and
barcode covers up much of the detail of the wound this connotes the sense of
fear of the unknown, which can create fear as you don’t know what is hiding
behind it. Overall we like the idea of the female protagonist looking creepy
and suggestive and we would like to incorporate this theme in our single cover.
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